MotoGP: Yamahas Flex Some Qualifying Muscle in Catalunya

With the sun shining on the Spanish track outside of Barcelona, MotoGP returns to the Iberian Peninsula for the Catalan GP this weekend. Despite seeing the factory Repsol Honda’s of Stoner and Pedrosa top the time sheets previously all week, it was the Yamahas that stole the show during qualifying*.

Note that asterisks though, which stands for Casey Stoner, who continues to show the top pace, despite his retirement coming closer with every day. With the satellite Tech 3 Yamaha’s able to roll just as well as the factory units, it comes as no surprise then that all four Yamaha’s are in the Top 6, with Lorenzo and Crutchlow rounding out the front row for tomorrow’s race (in that order).

With Spies fourth, Hayden seventh, and Rossi nineth, the order of things could be shaken up tomorrow, as rain hasn’t been ruled out of the forecast. Full qualifying results after the jump.

MotoGP Qualifying Results from the Catalan GP at Barcelona, Spain:

Pos.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Time	Diff.
1	Casey STONER	AUS	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1’41.295	–
2	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	1’41.441	0.146
3	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	1’41.548	0.253
4	Ben SPIES	USA	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	1’41.552	0.257
5	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1’41.656	0.361
6	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	1’41.687	0.392
7	Nicky HAYDEN	USA	Ducati Team	Ducati	1’42.029	0.734
8	Stefan BRADL	GER	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	1’42.065	0.770
9	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	1’42.175	0.880
10	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	1’42.356	1.061
11	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	1’42.375	1.080
12	Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	Cardion AB Motoracing	Ducati	1’43.266	1.971
13	Randy DE PUNIET	FRA	Power Electronics Aspar	ART	1’43.500	2.205
14	Colin EDWARDS	USA	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	Suter	1’44.024	2.729
15	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Power Electronics Aspar	ART	1’44.041	2.746
16	Michele PIRRO	ITA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	FTR	1’44.356	3.061
17	James ELLISON	GBR	Paul Bird Motorsport	ART	1’44.763	3.468
18	Mattia PASINI	ITA	Speed Master	ART	1’44.764	3.469
19	Yonny HERNANDEZ	COL	Avintia Blusens	BQR	1’44.833	3.538
20	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	Came IodaRacing Project	Ioda	1’45.730	4.435
21	Ivan SILVA	SPA	Avintia Blusens	BQR	1’45.962	4.667